linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] cpuset: mm: Reduce large amounts of memory barrier related damage v3

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Date:	Thu, 29 Aug 2013 13:10:55 +0100
From:	Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Miao Xie <miaox@...fujitsu.com>,
	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, riel@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] cpuset: mm: Reduce large amounts of memory barrier
 related damage v3

On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 01:14:19PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > I intended to say nr_node_ids, the same size as buffers such as the
> > task_numa_buffers. If we ever return a nid > nr_node_ids here then
> > task_numa_fault would corrupt memory. However, it should be possible for
> > node_weight to exceed nr_node_ids except maybe during node hot-remove so
> > it's not the problem.
> 
> The nodemask situation seems somewhat more confused than the cpumask
> case; how would we ever return a nid > nr_node_ids? Corrupt nodemask?
> 

ARGH. I meant impossible. The exact bloody opposite of what I wrote.

-- 
Mel Gorman
SUSE Labs
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